ETF · iShares
ESIC iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR
ISIN IE00BMW42298London Stock Exchange: ESICBlackRock, Inc.
- Single sectors
- ETF
- ISA
- SIPP
- Accumulating
Latest close
LSE£4.91
on
- Ongoing charge
- 0.18% a year
- Fund size
- £95.1m
As of , at least 15 min delayed
At a glance
As of 13/11/2026, ESIC (iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR, ISIN IE00BMW42298) closed at £4.91 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.18% a year (about £18 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was −7.5%, or −27.8% after UK CPIH inflation.
Past returns
- 1 year to 13/11/2026
- −15.5%
- −18.5% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 3 years to 13/11/2026
- −2.7%
- −12.1% after inflation (UK CPIH)
- 5 years to 13/11/2026
- −7.5%
- −27.8% after inflation (UK CPIH)
£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £925 on 13/11/2026 — about £722 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.
How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH
Calendar-year and 12-month returns
Calendar-year returns of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −11.0%, 2023 +12.9%, 2024 −3.4%, 2025 +10.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −15.7%. Returns of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: −16.0%; to 30/09/2025: +0.7%; to 30/09/2024: +9.1%; to 30/09/2023: +23.1%; to 30/09/2022: −18.9%.
| Year | Return | After inflation | Return shown as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | −15.7% | −18.4% | |
| to | +10.1% | +6.3% | |
| to | −3.4% | −6.7% | |
| +12.9% | +8.4% | ||
| −11.0% | −18.5% |
| 12 months to | Return | After inflation |
|---|---|---|
| from | −16.0% | −19.0% |
| from | +0.7% | −3.2% |
| from | +9.1% | +6.4% |
| from | +23.1% | +15.7% |
| from | −18.9% | −25.5% |
As of , inflation: UK CPIH
How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing
Risk: volatility and largest fall
Volatility (annualised)
21.2%over 5 years
| 1 year | 19.7% |
|---|---|
| 3 years | 19.3% |
| 5 years | 21.2% |
Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.
- Largest fall since November 2021
- −27.3%
- From to
- Lowest 12-month return
- −24.6%
- 12 months to
- Highest 12-month return
- +39.2%
- 12 months to
- Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
- 19.1%
- High of , latest
In words: Volatility of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 19.7% over 1 year, 19.3% over 3 years, 21.2% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR since November 2021, in pounds: −27.3% from 19/11/2021 to 17/06/2022. The lowest 12-month return of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −24.6% (12 months to 17/06/2022); the highest was +39.2% (12 months to 19/05/2023). On 13/11/2026 the price of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR was 19.1% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (14/02/2025), in pounds.
As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund
How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall
Charges compared with similar funds
- Ongoing charge
- 0.18%
- a year
- On £10,000
- £18
- a year, roughly
- Over five years
- £90
- of £10,000, before growth
- 32 charge less
- 17 the same
- 115 charge more
Ongoing charge of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR 0.18% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 115 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 17 the same and 32 less (share classes counted once).
As of
A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.
Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up
In plain English
iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, launched in 2020.
It tracks the MSCI Europe Consumer Discretionary 20/35 Capped Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Gross — large and medium-sized European companies.
You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.
Its ongoing charge is 0.18% a year — about £18 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.
Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Single sectors: Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.
Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN
Key facts
- Ticker
- ESIC
- ISIN
- IE00BMW42298
- Provider
- iShares
- Structure
- ETF
- An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
- Income
- Accumulating
- Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
- Ongoing charge
- 0.18% a year · about £18 on £10,000
- Fund size
- £95.1m
- Launched
- Domicile
- Ireland
- UK reporting fund status
- Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
- Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
- Can usually be held in
- ISA and SIPP
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- Currency hedged
- No
- Price currency
- Pounds (GBP)
- Category
- Single sectors
Price chart
Over the last year, the closing price went from £5.88 on 14/11/2025 to £4.91 on 13/11/2026 (−16.4%). The lowest close shown was £4.66 on 20/03/2026 and the highest £5.88 on 14/11/2025.
One close a week. Before 30/07/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.
As of , at least 15 min delayed
Five years of prices, and after inflation
262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.
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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price
What it holds
- Holdings
- 40
- on record
- Ten largest
- 69.6%
- of the whole fund
- Effective number of holdings
- 15
- As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
- Largest holding
- 13.2%
- LVMH
Top 10 holdings
| Rank# | Holding | Weight as a percentage of the fund |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LVMHConsumer Discretionary | 13.18% |
| 2 | Compagnie Financiere RichemontCFRConsumer Discretionary | 12.97% |
| 3 | Industria de Diseno TextilITXConsumer Discretionary | 8.37% |
| 4 | Compass GroupCPGConsumer Discretionary | 6.59% |
| 5 | Hermes International SCARMSConsumer Discretionary | 6.08% |
| 6 | FerrariRACEConsumer Discretionary | 5.89% |
| 7 | Prosus · Class NPRXConsumer Discretionary | 5.87% |
| 8 | adidasADSConsumer Discretionary | 3.68% |
| 9 | Mercedes-Benz GroupMBGConsumer Discretionary | 3.64% |
| 10 | Amadeus IT GroupAMSConsumer Discretionary | 3.31% |
As of , holdings as published
Where it invests
The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.
By sector
- Consumer Discretionary99.4%
- Cash and derivatives0.6%
By country
- France26.2%
- Germany15.3%
- Switzerland14.3%
- United Kingdom14.2%
- Spain11.7%
- Italy8.3%
- Netherlands5.9%
- Sweden2.0%
- Other countries2.2%
By type of asset
- Equity99.4%
- Cash and money market0.6%
See the full portfolio
Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 40 largest and what changed since .
More of the portfolio
The fund publishes 34 holdings; the ten largest make up 69.6% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.
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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured
Funds tracking the same index
2 funds track MSCI Europe Consumer Discretionary 20/35 Capped Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Gross, this one included and share classes counted once; their ongoing charges range from 0.18% to 0.18% a year (13/11/2026).
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEURThis fundAccumulating · 0.18% a year | 0.18% | −15.5% | −2.7% | −7.5% |
| State Street SPDR MSCI Europe Consumer Discretionary UCITS ETF Acc Ptg EURAccumulating · 0.18% a year | 0.18% | −16.9% | −5.6% | −11.6% |
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MSCI Europe Consumer Discretionary 20/35 Capped funds compared: charges, sizes and share classes
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Risk and return in depth
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios
Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.
With a free accountRolling returns
The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.
With a free accountLargest falls and recoveries
The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.
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Moves compared with a similar fund
Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI Europe UCITS ETF EUR (Acc), over the three years to 13/11/2026 (129 weeks).
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Questions people ask
What is the ongoing charge of ESIC?
The ongoing charge of ESIC is 0.18% a year — about £18 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of iShares MSCIEurope Consumer Discretionary Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR 0.18% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 115 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 17 the same and 32 less (share classes counted once).
What does ESIC track?
ESIC tracks the MSCI Europe Consumer Discretionary 20/35 Capped Index - EUR - Benchmark TR Gross — large and medium-sized European companies.
Is ESIC accumulating or distributing?
ESIC is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
What is the ISIN of ESIC?
The ISIN of ESIC is IE00BMW42298. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; ESIC is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange.
What does ESIC hold?
As of 06/11/2026, ESIC holds 34 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is LVMH at 13.18% of the fund; the ten largest make up 69.6%. Its ten largest holdings are LVMH (13.18%), Compagnie Financiere Richemont (12.97%), Industria de Diseno Textil (8.37%), Compass Group (6.59%), Hermes International SCA (6.08%), Ferrari (5.89%), Prosus · Class N (5.87%), adidas (3.68%), Mercedes-Benz Group (3.64%) and Amadeus IT Group (3.31%).
What were ESIC’s returns in each of the last five years?
Calendar-year returns of ESIC in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 −11.0%, 2023 +12.9%, 2024 −3.4%, 2025 +10.1%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 −15.7%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
How has ESIC done after inflation?
Over the five years to 13/11/2026 ESIC’s total return was −7.5%, or −27.8% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
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Fund documents and methods
- Fund documents
- Fund page at iShares · Key investor information document (KIID) · Factsheet (links checked )
Methodology:ReturnsCategoriesAll methods
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